SHARED LIFE EDUCATION DATABASE
Ya Salam: Spoken Arabic in Jewish Schools
The Abraham Fund Initiatives
Age Group: 5th & 6th grades.
Annual No. of Participants: 90 Arab teachers, 24,000 Jewish students.
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Region / Location: Nationwide. Mandatory in North & Haifa school districts.
Duration: 2 school years.
Frequency: 2 sessions per week.
Session Length: 1 class.
Staff: 90 teachers / 2 staff coordinators / 1 pedagogic consultant.
Professional training: 3-day preparatory teacher seminar, 50 additional training hrs. for Jerusalem district.
Evaluation:
Program Description
The program implements an experiential, Spoken Arabic and Culture curriculum, taught by an Arab teacher, in Jewish elementary schools. This gives Israel’s youngest generation spoken Arabic skills, and a significant personal and positive interaction with an Arab teacher. The program currently runs in 750 classes impacting 24,000 Jewish children. This program, the largest of its size in Israel, integrates Arab teachers into Jewish schools who teach The Abraham Fund Initiatives’ Ya Salam curriculum - bringing useful spoken Arabic skills to Israel’s youngest generation.
Potential Development - Pending Funding
With an incrementally growing school cohort it is important to run an intensive training program for the teaching staff of Ya Salam across Israel. This includes a 3-day seminar for new teachers at the beginning of the year, an ongoing mentoring program, and a concluding training/evaluation day.
Cost: 60,000 NIS
Philanthropic Contribution: 10.5%
(10% Domestic / 0.5% Foreign).
Ministry of Education / Govt. Allocation: 88.5%
Fees: N/A
Budget
Total Program Cost: 4,660,000 NIS
Other: 1%
